diff --git a/.github/workflows/joss.yaml b/.github/workflows/joss.yaml
index 02e0d02a..81065606 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/joss.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/joss.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 name: JOSS article compilation
-on: [push]
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - paper/**
+      - images/schematic.png
+      - .github/workflows/draft-pdf.yml
 
 jobs:
   paper:
@@ -13,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           journal: joss
           # This should be the path to the paper within your repo.
-          paper-path: paper.md
+          paper-path: paper/paper.md
       - name: Upload
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -21,4 +26,4 @@ jobs:
           # This is the output path where Pandoc will write the compiled
           # PDF. Note, this should be the same directory as the input
           # paper.md
-          path: paper.pdf
+          path: paper/paper.pdf
diff --git a/paper.bib b/paper/paper.bib
similarity index 100%
rename from paper.bib
rename to paper/paper.bib
diff --git a/paper.md b/paper/paper.md
similarity index 100%
rename from paper.md
rename to paper/paper.md